1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 41: You see, Ace? You got three strikes called the minute they look at you.at ace, n.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 114: He was in charge here, not some smart-alecky bellboy.at smart-aleck, adj.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 82: She’s been around, she knows what the score is.at have been around, v.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 43: He thought enough of this issue to go to bat on it.at go to bat (v.) under bat, v.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 102: To beat them out of their split.at beat (someone) out of (v.) under beat, v.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 20: Almost four years of college under his belt, and he ends up hopping bells.at hop bells (v.) under bell, n.1
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 53: That was her biggest bonehead, checking in [...] without a reservation.at bonehead, n.1
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 18: Tug had headed a statewide bootleg syndicate.at bootleg, adj.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 72: If you were in the chips [...] she’d come running.at in the chips under chip, n.2
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 34: God only knows how many thousands of dollars they cleaned up.at clean up, v.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 126: Maybe it sounds like the old craperoo.at craperoo (n.) under crap, n.1
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 88: If he knew what kind of pure-d, rotten son-of-a-bitch he’d given his name to.at pure-d, adj.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 3: A dream boat — and that’s the way he’d better leave her.at dreamboat, n.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 82: I’ll even take care of the babe’s ten g’s out of my end.at end, n.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 4: The Manton got more than its share of the fast crowd.at fast, adj.1
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 11: He’d put a freeze on her that would give her pneumonia.at put a/the freeze on (v.) under freeze, n.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 113: To hell with them. To hell with the hotel.at to hell with...! (excl.) under hell, n.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 94: Living high, but he doesn’t spend a nickel.at live high (v.) under high, adj.1
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 10: It didn’t make any difference [...] how high-toned they acted.at high-tone, adj.
1954 J. Thompson Swell-Looking Babe 18: I don’t believe there’s ever been a successful hold-up of a major hotel.at hold-up, n.